Multiple Man

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Multiple Man

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Statistics
Full Name	James Arthur Maddrox
Age	27
Height	6'0"
Build	Lean, Athletic
Eyes	Green
Hair	Brown
Factions	X-Men
Occupation	Mooch
Alignment	Hero

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Claim to Fame

Multiple Man is, mostly, a nuicance to both enemies and allies
alike. His power is useful, his skill set more so, and there's
no one you'd want on your team more for helping keep order in
a chaotic situation or cleaning up a big mess… if only he
wasn't so /annoying/.

Reputation

Jamie is a jack of all trades, he can do just about anything
well enough, but doesn't seem able to do any one thing really
well. He's lazy, goofy, takes nothing seriously, and wastes
his time enjoying video games and TV more then improving
himself. His wasted potential is a source of constant
aggravation for most who know him.

Biography

Jamie's parents were world reknown physicists who's peers numbered among some
of the most famous of their generation. They were happy in New York, and when
they found they were pregnant with their first child, all seemed well. However
when their son was born and the doctor struck him to force the first cry to
clear the infant's lungs, he instantly found himself holding a pair of twins.
Things got worse from there.

Deciding New York was not a place to raise a special child like theirs Jamie's
parents moved to the middle of Kansas and bought a farm, there they set to
trying to give Jamie as normal a life as possible. Unable to control his
abilities and therefore keep them secret, his parents home schooled him and
kept him out of public schools. With the help of family friend Reed Richards,
a suit was developed to assist the boy in curtailing the frequency with which
he duplicated himself and that helped some. When he was eight years old the
most powerful tornado Kansas had seen in decades swept through the farm,
dismantling the house and killing Jamie's parents. Jamie, alone and uncertain
of what to do, did what he thought was right. He continued to live. Using the
barn as his new home he buried his parents, cleaned up the ruins of the house,
and kept on, trying to run the farm by doing the chores he remembered. He
managed well enough to live there, entirely alone, for the better part of two
years before the IRS showed up curious about the lack of taxes being paid. In
the middle of trying to figure out what to make of two dozen identical kids
running around in a panic at the sight of strangers on the farm, everyone
became still and a man's voice sounded in Jamie's head, a place where only his
voices had ever been before.

The man said he was Charles Xavier, he said Jamie was special, he said he
would help Jamie learn how to use his abilities, that he would give him a home
and friends. Jamie said he had all of this already. It was the first time
Xavier realized that Jamie was different. Jamie agreed, after lengthy
discussion with different Jamie's with various opinions on Xavier's offer, to
return to the school with the Professor. For years Jamie's been something of a
fixture in and around the Mansion, he's trained a little, gone to school a
little, but mostly been underfoot for as long as most can remember. Jamie is
the annoying little brother who's not to little anymore and refuses to
completely grow up. It's a shtick that's growing old and soon he may be forced
to become an adult.

Character Details

Jamie is more normal then most mutants. Not in the powers way
or anything, but in the developmental ways. Sure, he /could/
mope and be angsty about his lot in life, but why bother? He's
a millenial and in his 20's which means life is about video
games, pizza, TV, and flirting with girls way outside his
weight class. He thinks little of the future, doesn't agonize
over the past, and generally skates by. This is all
accomplished by forcibly not thinking about his past. The
denial is real.

BRAWLER
Jamie's no Kung-Fu master, but the one thing he is /exceptionally/ good at is an old fashioned street brawl. He fights low and dirty and mean, biting, hair pulling, eye gougeing, groin punching, it's all in there. And he fights as a unit, fighting him means fighting an army with perfect unit cohesion. It's not pretty, it's not even watchable, but it's down right effective.
DUPLICATION
Upon absorbing energy from a blow Jamie creates an instant perfect copy of himself and whatever he was carrying at the time. The upper limits of which are unknown, though it's likely not more then about 100 lbs of random gear/items including clothing, weapons, and any tech he might be carrying.
HIVE MIND
Jamie is linked to his Dupes in a telepathic/empathic link, because of this they can function as a perfect unit, all aware of the others movements before they're made, a mob of activities never getting in the way of another. Despite this, each possesses it's own mind as well, allowing it, should it so choose, to function separately of the group. The greater the distance between Dupes/Jamie Prime, the weaker the link becomes. A side effect of this is a resistance to telepathy that grows in direct proportion to how many Dupes are made at one time. If Jamie is alone, then this is likely no more difficult then taking over a single man, but if he has Dupes out and about, he is not one man, but many.
IMMORTALISH
Jamie, for all his remarkable power, is basically just a normal guy. Should Jamie Prime ever die and there are no Dupes, then he simply dies. However, should Jamie die and he's not the only Jamie alive, then whatever it is that makes him /him/ transfers to the nearest Duplicate, creating a new Jamie Prime. This transition is not painless nor fast, the last known instance of this put Jamie Dupe/Prime in a 2 week coma.
INJURY
Should Jamie Prime ever suffer a debilitating injury, he can lessen it by duplicating. Each Dupe he makes will split the seriousness of the injury by taking half with them. Each will heal as quickly as an ordinary man in good condition, but this trick has saved Jamie in the past, turning life threatening bullet wounds on a single man into survivable wounds on 4. It's not a perfect solution, but it can keep him alive in a tight spot.
KINETIC FUEL
Jamie's power is fuled by kinetic energy giving Jamie a certain amount of protection from blunt force attacks. As blows from blunt objets like fists or clubs strike him his body soaks that energy in. As a means of protection it's very limited, but it does allow Jaime to take a greater beating then your average man since one has to hit him almost supernaturally hard to overload his absorbtion enough for him to really feel it.
REABSORBTION
To 'unmake' a Dupe requires Jamie to touch it physically, which causes the Dupe to be reabsorbed into Jamie's body. All of it's memories and experiences join his own and using this method Jamie is quickly amassing many skills at an accelerated rate.
SKILLED
Jamie possesses a great many random but useful skills. These are not generally 'mastered' skills, at least not yet, but if ever there was a man that epitomized the saying 'Jack of all trades yet master of none' it would be Jamie. He has a couple of years worth of training in dozens of fields. None of these make him 'the bestest ever' at anything, but if you're in a tight spot, Jamie can likely pinch hit for a true expert. Just don't expect it to be perfect, or even pretty.

Relationships

Name	Relation	Information
Spoiler	Flirty Acquaintances	Met Batgirl's… batgirl? I dunno. Gotham. It's filled with crazy people, even the girls.
Illyana	Friend	Everyone says Yana's scary, and maybe that's so, but if you catch her off guard you can still group hug her. If you're me. Also she can keep a secret.
Bobby	"Siblings"	He scares me. I don't think he fully understands what he can do. Means well though I suppose.
Storm	"Siblings"	I like her. Way to serious, gets carried away sometimes, but not a bad sort. Kinda like an over bearing older sister would be I guess.
Darcy	Flirty Acquaintances	Darcy is hawt. Darcy will not return my calls. I don't think our date went well.
Angelo	Boss	Not a bad boss, and he does good work, but like Storm I think he needs to see someone about the firm placement of the stick in his rectum. Also, seriously, no one needs to weight lift like that. It's bad for your something. Joints! Bad for your joints! That's it.
Gambit	Friend	This dude gets it, I mean he just flat /gets/ it. Funny, good to be with, shit wingman though, takes all the ladies. Plus you gotta love a guy in a long coat amirite?!